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  • n  an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
  • n  a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

  • The hit of Paris last week was an art show with a lofty label"Masterpieces of the 20th Century"and a thesis.
  • SUSPECT: De Guzman submitted a thesis proposal, below, for a program that would steal passwords and give him free access to the Internet; his professors turned it down.
  • In academic writing, the introductory paragraph of an essay or research paper contains a thesis statement a single sentence that clearly sets out the central idea of the .
News & Articles

  • Progress? Feh!
    Our thesis today is that under certain circumstances the very notion of progress -- bulwark of our economic system, driver of our social behavior -- is flawed. At a certain point, that is, progress does not move us forward; it moves us backward.
    June 13, 2013 - CNN Money
  • WWDC: Peter Kelly Forsakes Android for Joys of iPad Coding
    Peter Kelly is a professor in Adelaide, Australia and teaches classes on computer operating systems. After writing his Ph.D. thesis with Lyx and LaTex, he thought it would be interesting to develop similar software for Android. That didn't work out so well.  UX Write for the iPad was the result. Dave Hamilton interviewed Dr. Kelly at WWDC this week and got the story.
    June 13, 2013 - The Mac Observer
  • The Higher Education Securitised Investments (THESIS) UK Regulatory Announcement: FRN Variable Rate Fix
    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As Agent Bank, please be advised of the following rate determined on: 10/06/2013 Issue ¦ The Higher Education Securitised Investments (THESIS) GBP 27,300,000 Class A4 Mezzanine FRN due Perpetua ISIN Number ¦ XS0085726585 ISIN Reference ¦ 429828AD8 Issue Nomin GBP ¦ 27300000 Period ¦ 10/06/2013 to 10/07/2013 Payment Date 10/07/2013 Number of Days ¦ 30 Rate ¦ 1.9925 ...
    June 10, 2013 - Business Wire
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Forbes
    Later, speaking with reporters during a flight from Georgia to Alabama, Obama said, "I think the country wants to look forward, and that has always been the central thesis of our campaign."
  • Vladimir Putin in International Herald Tribune
    The thesis is being thrust on us all the time that Russia is using its old and new economic efforts to attain foreign policy goals. It is not so,Putin said, adding that journalists who advanced such ideas were "ill-wishers."
  • Edward Kennedy in USA Today
    Dr. Holsinger's paper is ideological and decidedly not an accurate analysis of the science then available on homosexuality,Kennedy said. "Dr. Holsinger's paper cherry picks and misuses data to support his thesis that homosexuality is...

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